siemens wind offshore

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy's new wind turbines with up to 15MW capacity have been earmarked for an offshore wind project in the U.S. First, the company on Tuesday morning said it was planning to the giant SG 14-222 DD offshore Direct Drive wind turbines at the 300 MW Hai Long 2 project in Taiwan.

Siemens Gamesa, the world’s leading offshore wind turbine supplier outside China, unveiled its new 14-megawatt model last week.

The 78-MW Hiep Thanh wind farm will be located 1-3 km off the coast of Tra Vinh Province. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A., formerly Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica S.A. (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaˈmesa koɾpoɾaˈθjon teɣnoˈloxika]) and Grupo Auxiliar Metalúrgico S.A., is a Spanish-German wind engineering company based in Zamudio, Biscay, Spain.It manufactures wind turbines and provides onshore and offshore wind services.

The turbine order is conditional on Dominion getting all its permits for the project and making the final decision to proceed with the multibillion-dollar investment.Siemens Gamesa, the world’s leading offshore wind turbine supplier outside China, unveiled its Shortly after winning the conditional order for Dominion’s project earlier this year, Siemens Gamesa confirmed it was thinking about building an offshore turbine factory somewhere on the Atlantic Coast.In a statement on Tuesday, the company said it “continues to work with local stakeholders to investigate a potential blade manufacturing facility for these turbines on the East Coast, potentially the first facility custom-built to make components for SG 14-222.”Virginia is competing hard with several other states — including Dominion is currently building a 12-megawatt, two-turbine demonstration project 30 miles off Virginia Beach, which will be just the second U.S. offshore wind facility when it reaches completion later this year. The two 6-megawatt Siemens Gamesa turbines being used at Dominion's pilot project were manufactured in Northern Europe and — because of the Jones Act — are being stationed in Halifax, Canada during offshore construction.Virginia is relatively far from the densest cluster of U.S. offshore wind projects, centered around southern New England.

The turbine’s 222-meter rotor diameter creates a “swept area” equivalent in size to seven NFL football fields, generating an estimated 25 percent more energy over the course of a year than the Siemens Gamesa’s previous 11-megawatt offshore model.Given the relatively high capacity factor of offshore wind farms, Dominion’s 2.6-gigawatt project will produce enough electricity for around 650,000 homes, Siemens Gamesa says.General Electric, the only major U.S.-based wind turbine maker on the global stage, has called it “GE, Siemens Gamesa and Vestas all have significant American manufacturing operations for onshore wind turbines.Virginia's case for offshore wind investment was strengthened by the state's recently passed Dominion is counting on a local supply chain to help bring costs down for its offshore wind projects, and recently confirmed it is an investor in what may be the first U.S.-flagged offshore wind installation vessel, expected to be ready for work sometime in 2023.Separately, Siemens Gamesa on Tuesday announced that its SG 14-222 DD turbine was selected for use at the 300-megawatt Hai Long 2 offshore project in Taiwan, backed by developers Northland Power and Yushan Energy.

That project is also set to begin construction around 2024.Policy & regulation are aligning with renewables cost declines to make projects more profitable and portfolios more sustainable.The Grid Edge comprises technologies, solutions and business models advancing the transition toward a decentralized, distributed and transactive electric grid.Batteries are helping to optimize the power grid and opening up new applications and services for utilities and service providers.The wind industry is in a period of intensifying competition and shifting demand that requires a multi-faceted view of the global market.Go deep on GTM's hottest topics. Siemens Energy has undertaken the sail-away of the first offshore transformer module (OTM) that will be used to transfer power from a giant Moray Firth wind project.

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